A new study led by researchers at the Department of Population Medicine–Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston Medical Center, and Boston University School of Public Health finds that how Medicaid programs are designed ...
Oct 8, 2025
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Teams of health care providers called Accountable Care Organizations participating in the Medicare Shared Savings Program have saved Medicare between $4.1 billion and $8.1 billion from 2012 through 2019, according to a new ...
Apr 29, 2025
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Many health experts say that U.S. primary care is in crisis, with demand for appointments rising and doctors scarce. A new five-year experiment might prove part of the solution.
Feb 19, 2025
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In its first three years of operation, Medicaid's primary care-focused Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) in Massachusetts showed "no clear evidence of success" in improving asthma care for children, according to research ...
Oct 17, 2024
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is placing a big bet on the future of health care. By 2030, it plans to have all Medicare beneficiaries in accountable care organizations (ACOs), groups of doctors, hospitals ...
May 30, 2024
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Christine Meyer, an independent physician in Exton, Pennsylvania, is always looking for ways to provide better care for the patients who come to her primary care practice each year.
Mar 14, 2024
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A nationwide Medicare program that aims to improve health care and reduce costs by linking health-care reimbursements to health quality and cost outcomes has resulted in no improvements in mental health care, according to ...
Nov 6, 2023
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At the core of the U.S. health care system there is a paradox, says Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, a professor of health policy, medicine, and community and family medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical ...
Apr 18, 2023
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